The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)

Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians... See full summary »

Director:

Anil Sharma

Writer:

Shaktimaan Talwar

Stars:

Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra

6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sunny Deol	...	Major Arun Khanna / Batra / Wahid
Preity Zinta	...	Reshma / Ruksar
Priyanka Chopra	...	Shaheen Zakaria
Amrish Puri	...	I.S.I Chief Ishak Khan
Kabir Bedi	...	Mr. Zakaria
Parvin Dabas	...	Salman
Rajpal Yadav	...	Major's sidekick
Yvonne Maverick	...	Government Agent (as Yvonne Czerny)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rajat Bedi	...	Militant
Deep Dhillon
Mike Iorio	...	Security Guard
Shahbaaz Khan	...	Suleman
Khalid Mohamed	...	Militant
Pradeep Singh Rawat	...	Police Officer
Gene Snitsky	...	Russian Terrorist

Storyline

Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians. A battle of wits ensues. When Khan detonates a bomb at Khanna's engagement party to a fellow spy, Khanna's resolve is only strengthened. Now not only does he have to fight Khan, but he also has to track down his missing fiancee.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | canada | kashmir | engagement party | terrorism | 

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Taglines:

Love story of a spy

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

10 April 2003 (India)

Also Known As:

The Hero

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

INR 530,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$130,200 (USA) (11 April 2003)

Gross:

$269,194 (USA) (25 April 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Time Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

160 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first Indian film that is also distributed in digital format in Indian cinemas.

User Reviews

Good Movie (except for Political Mishmash)

Sunny does a good job. Politics are the only thing that stand between good and great. Pakistanis are not evil. Muslims are not evil. Kashmir is a land blighted as much by ISI as by the Indian Army.

That said, there were some problems with the plot. However, those used to Deol's fanciful movies will ignore this oversight.